Sugar beet
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
09_04_02-SugarBeets
Digital Work
Identifier: fa7accdf-1726-475c-bb8c-a0c077b9c735
Dates:
2022-11-18 - 2022-11-18
#895 Michigan Sugar Beets and Sugar Production, circa 1970s
Item — Reel 895
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Subject files include materials collected by Cooperative Extension editors on various issues and events related to agriculture and extension. Many of the subject files were compiled between 1940s and 1950s. One group of files contain correspondence and publications related to the American Association of Agricultural College Editors (AAACE) (1947-1973). Arranged alphabetically.
News releases for the following university units include College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension...
Dates:
circa 1970s
Dan Gutleben papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00091
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters, reports, and monographs dealing with the history and development of the sugar industry in the United States, especially Hawaii. Reports of these visits are included, as well as monographs on the first successful beet sugar factory in America, and the development of the monosodium glutamate.
Dates:
1941 - 1959
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (Plant, Soil and Microbial Science) records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.36
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous papers from the department. The earliest record is a 19th century record book of experiments about growing beets, possibly copied from another source. The entries include “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by F. F. Tanner, “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by A. T. Stevens, “Experiments with Roots to Determine the Relative Value of Sod versus Stubble, Sand versus Clay, and Clay versus Hummus Soil for Beets, Carrots, and Ruta Bagas” by Luther H. Baker,...
Dates:
1891 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1994
Robert S. Shaw papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.11
Scope and Content
The Robert Shaw papers contain correspondence (1891-1940), publications, petitions, reports, legislation, council, and other university-related information, news clippings, an article on the sugar beet, and biographical papers, including honorary degrees and a memorial.
Dates:
1890 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1941
Stephen Torrey Dexter papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.68
Scope and Contents
The Stephen T. Dexter papers consist of originals and reprints of scientific articles written by Stephen Torrey Dexter, former professor of crop science, and his associates and assistants. Of note, is the correspondence from Dexter to the University Archives as well as the "Nutrition of Plants, Animals, and Man". The correspondence provides anecdotal and autobiographical information about the research and how Dexter differentiated between important and unimportant information to send to the...
Dates:
1927 - 1972